diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 5ad9cc298..662df8973 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -5940,8 +5940,8 @@
       }
     },
     "tar-fs": {
-      "version": "github:cloudron-io/tar-fs#c941c1e364f5345686f92656238a1f8ce67232f3",
-      "from": "github:cloudron-io/tar-fs#ignore_file_removed",
+      "version": "github:cloudron-io/tar-fs#08e18e67201e352697251fe98c816c9d2afddd38",
+      "from": "github:cloudron-io/tar-fs#ignore_stat_error",
       "requires": {
         "chownr": "^1.1.1",
         "mkdirp": "^0.5.1",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 734aaa978..450e5c418 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
     "split": "^1.0.1",
     "superagent": "^4.1.0",
     "supererror": "^0.7.2",
-    "tar-fs": "github:cloudron-io/tar-fs#ignore_file_removed",
+    "tar-fs": "github:cloudron-io/tar-fs#ignore_stat_error",
     "tar-stream": "^2.0.1",
     "tldjs": "^2.3.1",
     "underscore": "^1.9.1",
diff --git a/src/backups.js b/src/backups.js
index 3d3bb266e..3d1aec71b 100644
--- a/src/backups.js
+++ b/src/backups.js
@@ -286,9 +286,9 @@ function tarPack(dataLayout, key, callback) {
     var pack = tar.pack('/', {
         dereference: false, // pack the symlink and not what it points to
         entries: dataLayout.localPaths(),
-        ignoreFileRemoved: (path, err) => {
-            debug(`tarPack: ${path} got removed (${err.code}). ignoring`);
-            return true;
+        ignoreStatError: (path, err) => {
+            debug(`tarPack: error stat'ing ${path} - ${err.code}`);
+            return err.code === 'ENOENT'; // ignore if file or dir got removed (probably some temporary file)
         },
         map: function(header) {
             header.name = dataLayout.toRemotePath(header.name);